VRT Canvas is a Belgian television channel of the Flemish public broadcasting organisation

Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie The VRT (), is the national public-service broadcaster for the Flemish Community of Belgium. History VRT is the successor to a succession of organisations. The Belgian National Institute of Radio Broadcasting was known as the Nationaal Insti ...

(VRT). Specialising in both original and adaptations from western Europe and North America, the channel offers: in-depth news and current affairs, non-mainstream entertainment, documentaries, arthouse films, other cultural programming, and most recently additional children's programming.

History

The channel was founded on 1 December 1997 as the successor to the second channel

BRTN TV2 The VRT (), is the national public-service broadcaster for the Flemish Community of Belgium. History VRT is the successor to a succession of organisations. The Belgian National Institute of Radio Broadcasting was known as the Nationaal Insti ...

and timeshared with the children's channel Ketnet between 7am and 8pm until 30 April 2012. Ketnet moved to its own channel, initially timesharing with OP12, which allowed Canvas to became a standalone channel. During the weekend there are regular sports broadcasts aired under the brand name '' Sporza'' The current network director of VRT 2, the umbrella name for the two channels, is Bart De Poot. Prior to the launch of VRT's third channel

OP12 OP12 (English: On 12) was the third channel of Belgium's VRT that featured evening broadcasts. The channel was launched on May 14, 2012 and closed on December 31, 2014. The channel's name was derived from the digital channel number that the s ...

, VRT Canvas broadcast from 8pm until around midnight to 1am each evening. Since 27 October 2018, Ketnet Junior airs on Canvas every afternoon between 2 and 7 pm (Sunday until 6 pm), along with morning broadcasts on Ketnet. After the rebranding of

VRT 1 VRT 1 ( nl, VRT een) is a public Dutch-language TV station in Belgium, owned by the VRT, which also owns Ketnet, VRT Canvas and several radio stations. Although the channel is commercial-free, short sponsorship messages are broadcast in be ...

, Canvas rebranded as VRT Canvas on 4 September 2023.

Programming

Belgian

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Terzake Terzake is a daily Flemish current affairs-program of the public broadcaster VRT and a part of the VRT News service. It is broadcast on the TV channel Canvas Canvas is an extremely durable plain-woven fabric used for making sails, tents, ...

'' *'' VRT NWS Journaal''

International

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Afterlife The afterlife (also referred to as life after death) is a purported existence in which the essential part of an individual's identity or their stream of consciousness continues to live after the death of their physical body. The surviving ess ...

'' *'' Agatha Christie's Poirot'' *'' The Americans'' *'' Bancroft'' *'' Below the Surface'' *'' The Black Donnellys'' *'' Blue Murder'' *'' Borgen'' *'' Bron/Broen'' *''

Carnivàle ''Carnivàle'' () is an American television series set in the United States Dust Bowl during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The series, created by Daniel Knauf, ran for two seasons between 2003 and 2005. In tracing the lives of disparate ...

'' *'' Carrie and Barry'' *'' Chef!'' *'' Dark Heart'' *'' DCI Banks'' *''

Desperate Housewives ''Desperate Housewives'' is an American comedy-drama soap opera television series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Marc Cherry, Cherry Productions. It aired for eight seasons on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from Octobe ...

'' *'' Dynasties'' *'' Earthflight'' *''

Endeavour Endeavour or endeavor may refer to: People Fictional characters * Endeavour Morse, central character of the ''Inspector Morse'' novels by Colin Dexter * Endeavor, the hero name for the character Enji Todoroki from the anime series ''My Hero A ...

'' *'' Episodes'' *'' Extras'' *'' Forbrydelsen'' *'' The Handmaid's Tale'' *'' Hidden'' *''

Hotel Babylon Hotel Babylon may refer to: Television * Hotel Babylon (BBC series), a 2000s BBC drama series * Hotel Babylon (music programme), a 1990s ITV late night music programme Literature * ''Hotel Babylon'' (novel), a novel by Imogen Edwards-Jones * ...

'' *'' Informer'' *'' Inspector George Gently'' *'' Inspector Morse'' *''

The IT Crowd ''The IT Crowd'' is a British sitcom originally broadcast by Channel 4, written and directed by Graham Linehan, produced by Ash Atalla and starring Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, and Matt Berry. Set in the offices of the fict ...

'' *'' Jack Taylor'' *'' Lewis'' *''

Live from Abbey Road ''Live from Abbey Road'' is a 12-part, one-hour performance series/ documentary that began filming its first season during 2006 at Abbey Road Studios in London. Season 2 was filmed between 2007 and 2008, season 3 was filmed in 2009 and Season ...

'' *'' Luther'' *''

Midnattssol ''Midnattssol'' (french: Jour polaire, en, midnight sun) is a Swedish- French police procedural series which aired for one season on Sveriges Television on 2016. As ''Midnight Sun'', the series debuted on Australia's SBS on January 12, 2017. ...

'' *'' Murder in Mind'' *''

My Brilliant Friend ''My Brilliant Friend'' ( it, L'amica geniale) is the first volume of a four-part series of novels known collectively as the ''Neapolitan Novels'', written by Italian author Elena Ferrante and translated to English by Ann Goldstein. Plot Th ...

'' *'' Nature's Microworlds'' *'' The Newsroom'' *'' The Office'' *'' Okkupert'' *'' Psi Factor'' *'' Pushing Daisies'' *'' Sherlock'' *''

Silent Witness ''Silent Witness'' is a British crime drama television series produced by the BBC, which focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in 1996, the series was created by Nigel McC ...

'' *'' Taggart'' *'' Top Gear'' *'' A Touch of Frost'' *'' True Blood'' *''

Wallander Wallander may refer to: TV, film, books * Kurt Wallander, a fictional Swedish police inspector in novels by Henning Mankell :* ''Wallander'' (film series), Swedish-language television films of the Wallander stories starring Rolf Lassgård :* ''Wal ...

'' *'' Whitechapel''

Logos and identities

File:VRT Canvas logo (1997-2008).svg, Used from 1997 to 2008 File:VRT Canvas logo (2008-2015).svg, Used from 2008 to 2015 File:Canvas logo.svg, Used from 2015 to 2020 File:VRT Canvas 2020.svg, Used from 2020 to 2023

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